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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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